This Country Fact Sheet discusses Poland’s recent reforms to its institutional care system. 

This Country Fact Sheet from Moldova reports that since 2007, the number of children in institutional care has dropped from 12,000 to 2,214. 

Opening Doors for Children report in this Country Fact Sheet that despite the country’s efforts, Lithuania’s institutional rates remain very high.

This Country Fact Sheet from Latvia reports that there are currently 1,429 children in Latvia living in institutional care facilities.

This Country Fact Sheet discusses deinstitutionalization as part of Hungary’s child welfare and protection policy.

This study is a snapshot of a multi-country study involving Italy, Peru, Viet Nam, and Zimbabwe of how individual characteristics, interpersonal relationships, and the communities in which people live interact with institutional drivers to increase or reduce a child’s risk of violence.

This paper examines the two basic models of the state authorities’ intervention into family life aimed at protecting children.

This Country Fact Sheet from Belgium contains short facts on care and institutionalization in Belgium. 

This report presents the key findings of a scoping study on the links between education and children’s care. The study involved a literature review in English, French and Spanish; key informant interviews; and consultations with 170 children, carers, teachers and other stakeholders in Guyana, India, Russia and Rwanda.

This report examines what family means to children and adults in the following countries: Brazil, India, Guyana, South Africa, Egypt, Mexico, Russia, Kenya.  The storytellers use evidence from 59 short films made using digital storytelling technique.